http://anthropology.si.edu/HumanOrigins/ha/a_tree.html
Here is a site with some pretty good information, including pictures, of old skulls and bone fossils documenting some ancestors of us humans. We didn't "evolve from monkeys" as some say. We share a common ancestor. That is straightforward and easy to understand, yet most people don't seem to realize that that is the theory.
somewhat different subject, but.... has anyone been following on the advances regarding tool use of chimpanzees and some other primates? Those guys (well usually females) are using tools! in one case, a sort of spear to stick into a hole and kill this little animal that likes to hide in hollowed out trees. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6387611.stm
and other tools for other jobs
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...himps.html
I gave a speech in college about that with a little humor and Planet of the Apes images projected behind me. Probably about 70 percent of the audience were creationists, but only out of ignorance as a result of our location in the Bible Belt. Still, when I didn't mention the words "evolve" or "evolution", they stayed with me about how the chimps are becoming more advanced and that caused some astonishment at these discoveries. I asked them at what point would we need to give chimpanzees rights as they are becoming more advanced. Won't happen in the near future, but if given the chance, it is possible that chimpanzees could evolve to a similar level to our own. Wouldn't that be insane?! That angle could make a good movie too. If I had said "They're evolving!" I would have probably been met with arguments. I said it without that touchy word, though, and the facts spoke for themselves unquestioned.
Here is a site with some pretty good information, including pictures, of old skulls and bone fossils documenting some ancestors of us humans. We didn't "evolve from monkeys" as some say. We share a common ancestor. That is straightforward and easy to understand, yet most people don't seem to realize that that is the theory.
somewhat different subject, but.... has anyone been following on the advances regarding tool use of chimpanzees and some other primates? Those guys (well usually females) are using tools! in one case, a sort of spear to stick into a hole and kill this little animal that likes to hide in hollowed out trees. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6387611.stm
and other tools for other jobs
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...himps.html
I gave a speech in college about that with a little humor and Planet of the Apes images projected behind me. Probably about 70 percent of the audience were creationists, but only out of ignorance as a result of our location in the Bible Belt. Still, when I didn't mention the words "evolve" or "evolution", they stayed with me about how the chimps are becoming more advanced and that caused some astonishment at these discoveries. I asked them at what point would we need to give chimpanzees rights as they are becoming more advanced. Won't happen in the near future, but if given the chance, it is possible that chimpanzees could evolve to a similar level to our own. Wouldn't that be insane?! That angle could make a good movie too. If I had said "They're evolving!" I would have probably been met with arguments. I said it without that touchy word, though, and the facts spoke for themselves unquestioned.
